Officials release name of man fatally shot by police in North Bergen

Sean Ramnarain/The Jersey Journal83rd and Kennedy Boulevard, where a man was shot early yesterday morning by North Bergen police.

NORTH BERGEN — Police released the name of a man who was fatally shot by police early Saturday morning.

Daniel Plato-Jacobo, a 47-year-old North Bergen resident, was shot and killed by police, according to Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Guy Gregory.

Officials say Plato-Jacobo was shot in the chest after lunging at police officers with a knife. Officials say he was taken to Palisade General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:42 a.m. Saturday.